[Pa...] Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 (edited) Please help me... I am desperate to find something natural to help horrible sleep(0-2hours) and extreme anxiety and depression caused by a 2nd (!) Temazepam cold turkey. Melatonin at any strength hasn't helped, nor has L-theanine, CBD/CBN, valerian, chamomile or any form of magnesium. (They did not make my symptoms worse, they just did nothing). Next up to try are baicalin/skullcap, magnolia bark extract, jujube fruit extract, passionflower and/or apigenin. I know these are on the BIC Potentially Dangerous List and may mess up gaba receptors just like benzos,/make withdrawal symptoms worse, but like I said I am desperate. If one or more of these helped I'd taper off of it eventually. Have any of these helped any of you? Is there something different you'd recommend I try? I've been in a benzo withdrawal from hell for 18 months after a first cold-turkey from just 2 week's use of Restoril/temazepam for insomnia and also kindling from a dr having me try 9 other drugs (one at a time) for insomnia within 1 month's time before the temazepam. I have almost every withdrawal symptom listed on this site- the worst being: extreme insomnia, (0-3 broken hours of sleep per day), extreme anxiety, agitation, depression, thoughts of self harm and dementia-like symptoms. I am house/bed-bound and can barely function- can't watch tv, read, clean house, cook, exercise-even the sound of my dishwasher is too much for my senses. I am 60 years old. Yes, I've read the 2400+ days off insomnia advice post from ThEwAy2 on the Insomnia Forum here. Edited March 21 by [Pa...] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Sc...] Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Passion flower Valerian Skullcap. Use as a tincture. Don't know how you took these that it didn't work. Probably the herbs were old and ineffective, they work for me when needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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